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West Ham have announced that Declan Rice has signed a new long-term contract until summer 2024, with a further one year option for the Club to extend. Discussing his new contract on WHUFC.com, Rice said: “I’m absolutely delighted to have got the contract done, signed and to commit my future to the Club until 2024. I’m absolutely […]

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Manuel Pellegrini is ready to welcome Marko Arnautovic back to first team squad at Burnley this Sunday. Confidence is high the striker will be ready to play some part at Turf Moor as the Irons look for their sixth win in seven outings. Marko has been training but,as is always the case with the maverick […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has made his feelings on Declan Rice crystal clear and given he calls the shots at the club these days, a departure from the Irons looks as likely as snow in July! Declan’s contract negotiations have occupied as many column inches as his brilliant performances on the pitch with the tabloids in particular […]

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Please vote with your personal ratings for West Ham players who played for ten minutes or more in the Southampton v West Ham United victory at the St Marys on Thursday evening Please only vote if you watched the game yourself and select a numerical score between one and ten where one is low and […]

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Sometimes things need to be expressed very simply indeed for the reality of what’s happening at West Ham United to have its full impact! And it was a comment on the BBC website which really brought it home last night when they spoke of the team’s ‘remarkable’ arrival in the top half of the table. […]

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West Ham manager Manuel Pellegrini proved he is his own man and takes no prisoners when it comes to dropping players who haven’t performed. The Chilean manager made five changes to the side that lost against Watford last weekend, Pablo Zabaleta was a forced late omission through illness while Fabian Balbuena and Javier Hernandez remain injured. […]

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West Ham jumps up to third in the Premier League form table with five wins out of the last six league games. Only Spurs and Liverpool have bettered that form with both winning all their six most recent games. Chelsea sits in 6th place with two losses in the last six games and Arsenal seventh with a loss […]

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Manuel Pellegrini has made it clear that Felipe Anderson need to improve despite two more goals against Southampton. The £35 million signing took his season’s tally to eight with a couple of great strikes at St Mary’s but frustratingly only sprung into life during the second half. Many fans have been saying for some time […]

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If WE are happy, it’s not hard to imagine Manuel Pellegrini’s feelings right now. The Hammers boss came under a load of pressure early doors this season and the mantra “it will take time to gel” became as boring as it gets. But the recent run of results,which has seen us take more points in […]

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West Ham are this morning reported to have offered Samir Nasri a deal until the end of the season. And although the figure mentioned is £80k a week The Mirror makes it clear that this is a heavily incentivised figure. That corresponds to what ClaretandHugh has been told regarding the personal terms which will see […]

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Saints 1 Irons 2 First the essentials – we are up to ninth place after our fourth away win of the season with an injury list now stretching into double figures. Yet here we were on the south coast against a team enjoying a new manager bounce and getting a brilliant victory coming from a […]

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Tonight we saw the West Ham Way as reinvented by Manuel Pellegrini and it’s a joy to watch. There’s only one thing better than winning and that’s winning with style and we now have real style about us and Marko on the way back. All this with a massive injury list.. Manuel Pellegrini has too […]

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Niall McDonald brings his set of marks on the Irons Fabianski: Racked up 3 more top class saves and supremely confident at corners 8 Antonio: Still best watched through fingers when defending; some great driving runs though 6 Diop: Marshalled the new back-line with a minimum of fuss 7 Ogbonna: Looked extremely composed […]

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Something truly amazing happened tonight and would have gone unnoticed tonight but for a great stat from Opta Joe. With another three points from the match at Southampton it seems the Irons have created a new Premier League record in their own terms. It meant that the team, in taking 15 points from a single […]

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Chicharito looks all set to make the squad for tonight’s match against Southampton having virtually shrugged off a tight hamstring. But although he was believed to have an outside chance of making the squad, Claret and Hugh understands that Marko Arnautovic isn’t quite ready but could be involved against Burnley on Sunday. Fabian Balbuena is […]

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Michail Antonio is pleased with the progress he’s making after a difficult return from a long injury. He looks certain to play a part in today’s match at St Mary’s and declared: “I’m starting to get my sharpness back now and I’m enjoying my football again.” He told www.whufc.com he’s not enjoyed his recent experiences but […]

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Manuel Pellegrini continues to struggle with a lengthy and seemingly growing injury crisis as the Hammers arrive in Southampton. Fabian Balbuena looks a definite non starter but there’s a chance that Chicharito will be okay and a remote possibility that Marko Arnautovic could get some time. Angelo Ogbonna looked in very good nick against Watford […]

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Shoppers at Westfield Shopping Centre in Stratford panicked running for cover this afternoon during the Boxing day sales. A man with a large knife was detained by Police in the Shopping complex a stone’s thrown from West Ham’s London Stadium. A police spokesman said: “He was stopped by police and searched and a knife was found. […]

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Manuel Pellegrini remains desperately keen that Samir Nasri should get a six month contract with the club at the end of the month. The former Manchester City player’s ban on a drug related incident comes to an end on January 1 and he will become available for action immediately afterwards. He has been training with […]

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Today’s results left the Irons looking at the unlikely but heady prospect of moving into eighth or ninth position should they beat Southampton tomorrow (Thurs). The first result to go our way was ironically the Spurs thumping of Bournemouth 5-0 which left Eddie Howe’s team in 11th on 26 points but with a vastly inferior […]

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Over a quarter of Claret and Hugh readers polled on Christmas Day believe the Hammers will earn four points over the next three games over the festive period meaning one win, one draw and a loss. Nearly one thousand supporters took part in yesterday’s poll with just under 4% saying we would lose all three […]

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Reports that West Ham have had a £6.5 million bid for defensive midfielder Gary Medel have been denied by the Hammers. The 31 year old has been named as a target for Manuel Pellegrini but reports from Talksport that an opening £6.5 million offer had been rejected were described to ClaretandHugh this afternoon as “inaccurate.” […]

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West Ham have received an offer from LA Galaxy to take Reece Oxford on loan until the end of the season. Despite stories linking the defender with possible moves to Arsenal and Everton, it is Galaxy of the MLS Western Conference who have contacted the Irons with an offer now under consideration. There is added […]

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Over the Christmas holidays, I have been watching the Netflix documentary series called Sunderland Till I Die. It is very hard not to feel synergy and empathy with the Sunderland supporters as the documentary charts their back to back relegations. In the Summer of 2016 former West Ham manager Sam Allardyce left Sunderland to take his doomed England […]

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Over 58% of Claret and Hugh readers polled yesterday expect a West Ham away win tomorrow on the South Coast at St Mary’s. Over 34% of supporters believe it will finish in a draw while the remaining 8% say Southampton will come away the victors of Thursday evening’s televised match. Bookies currently make the Saints the […]

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